The company's owner MillerCoors is taking the brand national. It views Weinhard's as an entry level craft beer that will appeal to consumers more familiar with mass-produced brands.

As part of that push, Henry's will no longer be brewed in Oregon. It has been brewed at Hood River's Full Sail Brewery since 2003.

I know it sounds a little ridiculous, but it seems as if Oregon has lost something.

The original Portland Weinhard brewery operated from 1856 until 1999. Henry's 12th Street Tavern is there now.

The beer was then brewed at Olympia Brewery until it closed. It then moved to Full Sail.

Despite all the recent twists and turns, Henry's was an iconic Oregon brand. As Siemers notes in his story, the real Henry Weinhard once wanted to pump beer into Skidmore Fountain on Southwest First Avenue beneath the Burnside Bridge.

You can't make that stuff up. Henry Weinhard's will always belong to Oregon even if, in reality, it's now all in the past.